It was a hard climb from Rif.guide d'ayas and we found a lot of people descending from the summit and we needed more time to reach it finally after 5h (more than 1 hour the last section... maybe we did not do well the things and we were very slow with the ropes ... maybe we were very polite with other people waiting and waiting... I don't know but this year the snow was very bad at 12:00 (extreme sun) in the col and we left Castor for next day because the descent of glacier to quintino sella would be in very bad condiions at 18:00 or so. It was a good choice... but we had to go down to rifugio Mezzalama (guide d'ayas full) to try Castor next day (we reached it also).

With my son Keith, climbed both Pollux and Castor from Rossi e Volante Bivvy Hut. We did furthest away, Castor via WNW Flank first - and then did Pollux via SW ridge, 'on the way back'.
All in all, this was a fantastic day out, in near perfect conditions - a real stroke of luck after all the uncertain weather recently.
The chains described in my guidebook (and featuring in photo on this page) at the crux of the route have been replaced with thick fixed ropes by the way. The first part of this section involved an easy traverse, but then an awkward move up over a jammed boulder, which was a little strenuous. The 2nd part of the crux section was steeper, but very easy, on big incut holds, making fixed rope scarcely necessary. Both parts of this crux section needed about 15m each run out of rope and were adequately provided with secure bolts to clip into and act as runners/belays.

Really liked this route. We skied in, with great snow conditions, to Pollux's base. Snow was nice and firm going up the snow gully. Rock was clean and fairly solid going up. Enough variation on this short climb to keep it interesting.

We came from Klein Matterhorn and Breithorn the day before. Pollux was my favorite peak of the trip because I enjoyed the route. After Pollux we also did Castor, and Ludwigshoehe the next day before descending the Gorner Glacier to the Monte Rosa Hut. At this point I had to descend all the way to Visp to get surgery for a strange illness and we were not able to climb Dufourspitze as we had planned.

Climbed it from the Ayas hut, the day started crystal clear, but weather got worse during the day. After descent and on our way back to the hut did we experience white out, I couldn't even see my own boots.

We climbed it with beautifull weather from the Ayas hut. We climbed the normal route from the sadle Felikjoch. Afterwards we did also do Castor and went to the Quentino Sella hut. Easy and beautifull route.

Climbed the SW Ridge starting from bivouac Rossi e Volante. First 2 fixed ropes come in handy, but the last one is definitely not necessary and spoils some good rock climbing...better provide some save spits to make secure free climbing possible! Descent over SE Ridge to Zwillingsjoch and on for traverse of the Castor.